Legal Opinion
State v. Fowler
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 28, 1989No. 88-387PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The defendant, Herbert A. Fowler, Jr., was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, RSA 630:1-a, following a jury trial. On appeal, the defendant contends that the Trial Court {Gray, J.) erred in overruling his objections to testimony of a police investigator and to part of the prosecutor’s closing argument as improper comments on the defendant’s silence. For the reasons set out below, we affirm.
The essential facts are as follows. On October 27, 1987, Louis Mills, III, and June Dow were found dead in Mills’ trailer in Seabrook. Both deaths were caused by shotgun wounds. During the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. BallSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- State v. DellorfanoSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1986
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3Cited by17 opinions
- In re GrimmSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
- State v. BoettiSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1997
- State v. LaurentSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999
- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1997
- State v. EllsworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2004
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